In this tutorial, we’ll create a beautiful drop drown responsive menu with new feature of css3 (media queries) and jQuery library to enhance the design and layout of a website navigation menu to fit different screen sizes. We have design to change the layout from big computer screens to smaller screens mobile support, to make it responsive displa.
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In my previous post, you may also see a simple responsive menu(jQuery mobile style) by using CSS3 style. In this article, you will know more how design a responsive drop down menu using CSS3 and jQuery.
This navigation menu we’ll be using the following plugins:
Let’s start with the HTML
The Markup
The HTML will be built up viewport meta tag to control layout on mobile browsers
A typical mobile-optimized site contains something like the following:
<head> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no"/> </head>
The CSS and JavaScript Link have the following code:
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles.css" media="all" /> <script src="js/jquery-1.7.2.min.js"></script>
The JavaScript to build select nav for mobile and show and hide sub menu will have the following code:
<!-- javaScript -->
<script>
<!-- // building select nav for mobile width only -->
$(function(){
// building select menu
$('<select />').appendTo('nav');
// building an option for select menu
$('<option />', {
'selected': 'selected',
'value' : '',
'text': 'Choise Page...'
}).appendTo('nav select');
$('nav ul li a').each(function(){
var target = $(this);
$('<option />', {
'value' : target.attr('href'),
'text': target.text()
}).appendTo('nav select');
});
// on clicking on link
$('nav select').on('change',function(){
window.location = $(this).find('option:selected').val();
});
});
// show and hide sub menu
$(function(){
$('nav ul li').hover(
function () {
//show its submenu
$('ul', this).slideDown(150);
},
function () {
//hide its submenu
$('ul', this).slideUp(150);
}
);
});
//end
</script>
<!-- end -->
The drop down menu will have the following structure:
<div id="fdw"> <!--nav--> <nav> <ul> <li class="current"><a href="https://www.freshdesignweb.com">home<span class="arrow"></span></a> <ul style="display: none;" class="sub_menu"> <li class="arrow_top"></li> <li><a class="subCurrent" href="https://www.freshdesignweb.com">Home Service</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.freshdesignweb.com">Home Responsive</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://www.freshdesignweb.com">about</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.freshdesignweb.com">services</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.freshdesignweb.com">portfolio<span class="arrow"></span></a> <ul style="display: none;" class="sub_menu"> <li class="arrow_top"></li> <li><a href="https://www.freshdesignweb.com">Portfolio 3 </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.freshdesignweb.com">Portfolio 4 </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.freshdesignweb.com">Portfolio Single</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.freshdesignweb.com">Portfolio Two</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.freshdesignweb.com">blog<span class="arrow"></span></a> <ul style="display: none;" class="sub_menu"> <li class="arrow_top"></li> <li><a href="https://www.freshdesignweb.com">Design</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.freshdesignweb.com/category/html5/">HTML5</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.freshdesignweb.com/category/css-html">CSS3</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.freshdesignweb.com/category/ajax-jquery">jQuery</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://www.freshdesignweb.com">contact</a></li> </ul> </nav> </div><!-- end fdw -->
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
/*===== nav style ======*/
#fdw nav select {
display:none; /* this is just for the mobile display */
}
#fdw nav ul {
display:block;
z-index:999999;
}
#fdw nav ul li {
display:inline-block;
padding:50px 3px 30px;
margin-left:30px;
position:relative;
}
#fdw nav ul li a:link, #fdw nav ul li a:visited {
color:#444;
font:normal 20px 'Yanone Kaffeesatz', sans-serif;
text-transform:uppercase;
display:inline-block;
position:relative;
}
#fdw nav ul li a:hover, #fdw nav ul li a:active {
color:#e25d29;
text-decoration:none;
}
#fdw nav ul li span {
position:absolute;
right:-12px;
bottom:6px;
width:7px;
height:8px;
margin:0 0 0 3px;
float:right;
display:block;
background:url('images/nav_arrow.png') no-repeat left -8px;
font:0/0 a;
}
#fdw nav ul li.current {
border-bottom:2px solid #e25d29;
}
#fdw nav ul li.current a {
color:#e25d29;
cursor: default;
}
#fdw nav ul li.current a span {
background:url('../images/nav_arrow.png') no-repeat left 0;
}
#fdw nav ul li.current ul li a {
cursor:pointer;
}
/*===== sub_menu Style =======*/
#fdw nav ul li ul.sub_menu {
position:absolute;
top:90px;
left:0;
margin:0;
padding:0;
background:#fff;
border:1px solid #ececec;
border-top:5px solid #e25d29;
display:none;
z-index:999999;
-moz-box-shadow: 0px 6px 7px #121012;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0px 6px 7px #121012;
box-shadow: 0px 6px 7px #121012;
}
#fdw nav ul li ul.sub_menu li.arrow_top {
position:absolute;
top:-12px;
left:12px;
width:13px;
height:8px;
display:block;
border:none;
background:url('images/arrow_top.png') no-repeat left top;
}
#fdw nav ul li ul.sub_menu li {
float:none;
margin:0;
padding:0;
border-bottom:1px solid #ececec;
}
#fdw nav ul li ul.sub_menu li a {
white-space: nowrap;
width: 150px;
padding:12px;
font:13px Arial, tahoma, sans-serif;
text-transform:capitalize;
color:#777;
}
#fdw nav ul li ul.sub_menu li a:hover {
background:#f9f9f9;
color:#333;
}
#fdw nav ul li ul.sub_menu li a.subCurrent {
color:#e25d29;
cursor:default;
}
#fdw nav ul li ul.sub_menu li a.subCurrent:hover {
background:none;
}
The media queries css will have the following code:
@media only screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 959px) {
/* nav */
#fdw nav ul li{
margin-left:12px;
}
}
/* All Mobile Sizes (devices and browser) */
@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {
/* nav menu ul & select */
#fdw nav ul {
display:none;
}
#fdw nav select {
width:100%;
display:block;
margin-bottom:30px;
cursor:pointer;
padding:6px;
background:#f9f9f9;
border:1px solid #e3e3e3;
color:#777;
}
}
Now! We have a Drop-Drown responsive navigation menu with jQuery and CSS3. Check out the demo below, and feel free to download this example for future use. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and find it useful!
